National commission of women

It was the ACWC’s second meeting in the year, following the 16th meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia in March. It was held by the Vietnamese Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and the ASEAN Secretariat as part of the third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Women (AMMW) and related meetings in Hanoi from October 18 – 25. The meeting discussed the follow-up from the 16th meeting and reviewed the implementation of projects of the ACWC Work Plan 2016 – 2020. Delegates in a group photo A number of important projects have been completed, such as the ASEAN Forum on Women’s Economic Empowerment in Singapore in August, the 2018 ASEAN Conference on Juvenile Justice Reform in Thailand in May, and the release of the ASEAN Regional Guidelines on Violence against Women and Girls Data Collection and Use and the Regional Guidelines and Procedures to Address the Needs of Victims of Trafficking in Persons. The meeting also updated the implementation of the … [Read more...] about Hanoi hosts 17th meeting of ASEAN commission on women’s, children’s rights

Hanoi (VNA) – The 17th Meeting of the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) took place in Hanoi on October 20, gathering representatives from ten ASEAN nations and the ASEAN Secretariat. It was the ACWC’s second meeting in the year, following the 16th meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia in March. It was held by the Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the ASEAN Secretariat as part of the third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Women (AMMW) and related meetings in Hanoi from October 18 – 25. The meeting discussed the follow-up from the 16th meeting and reviewed the implementation of projects of the ACWC Work Plan 2016 – 2020. A number of important projects have been completed, such as the ASEAN Forum on Women’s Economic Empowerment in Singapore in August, the 2018 ASEAN Conference on Juvenile Justice Reform in Thailand in May, and the release of the ASEAN Regional Guidelines on Violence … [Read more...] about Hanoi hosts meeting of ASEAN commission on women’s, children’s rights

President Tran Dai Quang (front, third, left) and female deputies of the 14th-tenure National Assembly pose for a photo (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – President Tran Dai Quang had a meeting with female deputies of the 14th-tenure National Assembly (NA) in Hanoi on June 7, an event marking 10 years since the establishment of the female NA deputies’ group of Vietnam. The meeting saw the presence of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, NA Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong, Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Organisation Commission Pham Minh Chinh, Chairwoman of the Party Central Committee’s Mass Mobilisation Commission Truong Thi Mai, and Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh. NA Vice Chairwoman Phong, who is also head of the female NA deputies’ group, said women account for about 27.6 percent of total lawmakers at present, the highest rate in the three recent tenures, giving Vietnam the 63rd place among member parliaments of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. … [Read more...] about President meets with female deputies of 14th parliament

Viet Nam News MADRID — Spain’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday unveiled a new pro-EU government with the most women in modern history, with 11 female and six male ministers. The new executive composed by the 46-year-old, who ousted conservative veteran Mariano Rajoy as prime minister last Friday in a no-confidence vote, includes astronaut Pedro Duque as science minister. EU budget manager Nadia Calvino will become economy minister and former European parliament president Josep Borrell foreign minister. Sanchez said his executive was “a reflection of the best in society” -- a society he described as composed of women and men, old and young, rooted in the European Union. But it is also a minority government, as the Socialists only have 84 lawmakers in the 350-seat parliament. As such, the government will have a tough time governing Spain, relying as it will on the votes of far-left party Podemos as well as Basque and Catalan nationalist … [Read more...] about Spain’s new PM unveils pro-EU government dominated by women

Scene at the event (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Orientations for promoting gender equality in development were tabled at a workshop hosted by the Australia Embassy in Hanoi on May 15. Speaking at the function, Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, President of the Vietnam Women’s Union, stressed the promotion of gender equality in Vietnam has recorded significant progress in recent years. Ha revealed that about 26.8 percent of members of the National Assembly are women, adding that Vietnam now has three female members of the Political Bureau and has a chairwoman of the National Assembly for the first time. Women account for 46.6 percent of university graduates and women make up 48-49 percent of the country’s total workforce, she added. The official also pointed out shortcomings in the gender equality-related work, including ineffective legal documents, high proportion of female labourers in the unofficial workforce, violence and abuse against women and salary gap between men and … [Read more...] about Promotion of gender equality in development discussed